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Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics
week of 12/12/2018 |
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| Task Force Says USPS Should Have More Leeway in Raising Rates |
| A report from President Trump’s task force on proposed changes to the U.S. Postal Service recommends giving the USPS the ability to establish more market-based pricing for its mail and parcel services, which have not been set “with profitability in mind.”…» |
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| FedEx Leveraging Automation to Handle Peak Volumes |
| FedEx is testing the use of autonomous tugs to transport items within its sortation and distribution facilities in an effort to handle the growing volume of bulky ecommerce orders more efficiently. See what other types of automation the carrier is using to optimize the massive flow of packages through its network at peak.…» |
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| UPS 2019 Rate Increase of 4.9% Given 3 Weeks Before Effective Date |
| Less than three weeks before the new prices take effect the day after Christmas, UPS announced its 2019 rate schedule, including an overall increase of 4.9% for its ground, air and international services, leaving shippers scrambling to adapt at the busiest time of year. See what charges went up and what it means.…» |
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| 10 Ways to Analyze Your Peak Season Fulfillment |
| If you haven’t formally evaluated your peak season fulfillment, make this the year you do so. From your analysis of ecommerce operations successes and failures, you can develop a plan to make improvements using a multi-faceted approach. Here are 10 ways to analyze your performance and develop a plan for improvement.…» |
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| Instacart Pricing Change Leading to Threats of a Shopper Boycott |
| Instacart, the same-day grocery delivery company used by many grocers, is dealing with customer ire as freelance shoppers fulfilling the orders are passing up some jobs due to a change in the pricing structures. Also a number of shoppers have taken to Twitter to call for a boycott of the service due to a drop in their wages. …» |
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